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Russian Cabler NTV Plus Picks Up Broadcast Rights To Spanish Basketball League05 / 24 / 13The Spanish Basketball League (ACB) will be broadcast in Russia starting with the upcoming playoffs thanks to Russian cable leader NTV Plus, according to the EP. The ACB is now aired in 101 countries on four continents. ACB Dir General Albert Agustí "showed his satisfaction" and said, "With R... |
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BT To Start Premier League Ad Campaign
BT "is to kick-start a marketing campaign showcasing its new football channel in mid-May, with Premier League stars Robin van Persie and Gareth Bale set to feature," according to John Reynolds of MARKETING MAGAZINE. A source said, "BT will announce its commercial proposition in the week-ending May 6 ...
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SingTel Plays Risky Game With Pay-TV
SingTel said that it might not seek to be the first pay-TV company to secure the broadcasting rights for the World Cup after its “harrowing” experience with its EPL contract, according to David Bottomley of TODAY ONLINE. SingTel Digital Life CEO Allen Lew said, "I’ve got more impor ...
UEFA Takes $1.7M In English TV Money
UEFA has "taken more than a million pounds from the English clubs' pot of Champions League television money for scheduling domestic matches against the competition," according to the London DAILY MAIL. The €1.3M ($1.7M) fine "was imposed after UEFA's disciplinary panel found 'clashes relating t ...
Sky's Bundesliga Ratings 'Respectable'
German pay-TV channel Sky "received respectable ratings with its broadcasts of Saturday's Bundesliga games," according to Alexander Krei of DWDL. A total of 1.15 million viewers tuned in on Saturday afternoon to watch one of the five individual games or Sky's simulcast. In the target demographic 14- ...
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German free-to-air TV news channel n-tv "will include the motorsports magazine 'PS - Porsche Carrera Cup' in its program." Starting on May 6, n-tv "will show the highlights of each of the Carrera Cup's nine race weekends on the following Monday at 6:30pm." A 10th episode "will show the highlights of ...
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Ten Sports Lands Tour De France Rights
Indian broadcaster Ten Sports "has bagged the broadcast rights" for the Tour de France until '16 for the Indian sub-continent, according to Meenakshi Verma Ambwani of THE HINDU BUSINESS LINE. The sports broadcaster "has acquired the rights for the popular bicycle race for all forms" of free-to-air a ...
MP & Silva Secures Handball Bundesliga
Int'l media rights company MP & Silva has secured a deal for the exclusive rights to distribute four seasons of DKB Handball-Bundesliga, from '13-14 until '16-17, which was marketed by Sport1 in cooperation with German Handball-Bundesliga GmbH. MP & Silva has worldwide exclusive distribution ...
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BT "has appointed Red Bee Media to provide playout, channel and media management services for BT’s new live sports offering, BT Sport." Set to launch this summer, the channels "will be available across the U.K." ( THE DRUM, 4/25 ). ... Broadcaster Clare Balding "is to be honoured at the TV ...
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IMG Sports Media Finds New Home
IMG Sports Media has announced it will move its sports production business to Stockley Park business park in London. The relocation will be completed by the middle of '14 and was made necessary by the lease on existing buildings at the Hogarth business Park in Chiswick expiring. Mediahouse, the stud ...
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ASO, France Télévisions Sign New Deal
Amaury Sport Organisation and French public national TV broadcaster France Télévisions have signed a partnership agreement through '20 for the broadcasting of events organized by ASO, including the Tour de France. The partnership makes France Télévisions the official broa ...
